Abanyi Surname
Approximately 521 people bear this surname
Abanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 459 | 1:385,932 | 20,396 |
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Abanyi (37) may also be a first name.
Abanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abanyi occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Abanyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Abanyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 597,433rd most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,987,612 people. The surname Abanyi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abanyi live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 37 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 459 people, or 1 in 385,932. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 61 percent live, Adamawa, where 18 percent live and Taraba, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Abanyi is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent live and Ghana, where 2 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abanyi
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